Random Thoughts

This is a collection of essays about topics I feel strongly about, in no particular order: growing up, coming out, transitioning, marriage, and navigating day-to-day challenges. I’ll keep writing, as new thoughts cross my mind.

  • Letter to an ex-Friend

    Letter to an ex-Friend

    Dear [ex-Friend], It’s been a month since we last spoke, and I miss you tremendously. I miss the moments that we spent, discovering a new world together. I miss hanging… read more.

  • Growing Up in the 70s

    Growing Up in the 70s

    I was born in the late 60s in Hamburg, Germany. My parents were upper‑middle‑class: educated, employed, free of existential threats, and center‑left leaning. They fed me, provided a stable home,… read more.

  • Hello world!

    Hello world!

    Hello world — I know you weren’t sitting around waiting for yet another website about trans struggles. Still, I hope this one manages to lift its head above the weeds.… read more.